REFINE
I would paint this life
Multicolored angst, delight
A dance with love’s cry
RECOGNIZE
You make me so proud
When you tuck your face and sigh
Recognizing “yours”
RESPOND
Breathe in ripened crops
Sense grit in hidden foot-cracks
Heed speed bumps, mountains
RADIATE
Soothe the aching dark
Choreograph its heart-song
High-pitched lullabies
RECEIVE
Pray—from your belly
Deep, pithy concentration
A conversation
Dancer in photo: My dear friend, Phillip Turner (“Listen to my Body Talk”)
Melissa J. Dixon 
Wowsers.
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Thank you so much for your kind words here and on Twitter. I appreciate it. But, let’s be honest: It’s no “wise math.” =)
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I am moved to tears MD. And that almost never happens 🙂 I had no idea about this poem. It is beautiful and that I could be the inspiration for such moving and stirring words is truly an honor. You have a gift! Love you much!
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